In a 1930 letter, Robert Frost stated his priorities as memorably — which, for Frost, meant as mischievously — as possible: ...

The iconic Mabel Dorothy Segun is 95. Born in 1930 at Ondo to Venerable Isaiah Aig-Imoukhuede and Mrs Eunice Aig-Imoukhuede, she is known popularly in the world of literature as Mrs. Mabel Segun.

Nevertheless, for this poem, and for the first time in his career, Frost got paid—$15, by the editor of a New York weekly ...

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts may have a better right than any other state to call itself “the poetry state.” Celebrated ...

Seattle satirist Maria Semple’s breakthrough novel is a flurry of contemporary, epistolary wit. Passive aggressive e-mail ...

Ayo Edebiri, Keke Palmer and Jamie Foxx’s stand-up special Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was were among the winners on the ...

The 56th NAACP Image Awards have officially kicked off with Ayo Edebiri, Keke Palmer, Marlon Wayans and Jamie Foxx among the ...

Science in meter and verse ...

Housing the world’s largest public collection of modern poetry, we are the National Poetry Library; free to join across the UK, and London’s only space dedicated to poetry study. Founded by the Arts ...